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J. M. SOOSHNY. DEVICE FOR DRESSING THE HAIR.

No. 469,191. Patented Feb. 16,1892.

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UNITED STATES JOSEPH M. SOOSI-INY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR TO SAMUEL LEHMAN,

OF SAME PLACE.

DEVICE FOR DRESSINGTHE HAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,191, dated February16, 1892.

Application filed April 11, 1891.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. SOOSHNY, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, having resided one year last past in the United Statesand declared my intention of becoming a citizen thereof, residing in thecity and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylva-' nia, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Devices for Dressing the Hair, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the followingspeoification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a device for dressing a ladys back hair, thesame being formed of jaws which are adapted to take hold of the hair asgathered and provide a guide on which a portion of the hair may betwisted or coiled in a right line from bottom to top.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a hair-dressing deviceembodying my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 represent perspective Views on areduced scale, showing the manipulations thereof. Fig. 4 represents theresult thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Referring to the drawings, A and B designate two curved jaws, which areconnected with the outwardly-bent handles 0, the latter being united attheir upper ends by a coiled spring D, whereby the jaws are pressedtoward each other, it being noticed that the jaw 13 is formed ofseparated pieces E E, joined at top and bottom by cross-bars F tothereby provide a wider or broader bearing, and the jaw A, of singleconstruction and is normally at the center of said pieces E and bearsagainst said cross-bars F, the latter being curved in rearwarddirection, so that the jaw C may be seated therein, and thus preventedfrom displacement.

The operation is as follows: The hair is gathered at the back, as inFig. 2, and the handles 0 are pressed together, whereby the jawsseparate, and said jaws are then placed on opposite sides of the hair,as also seen in Fig. 2, and allowed to close. The implement is nowturned so that the j awB i s on the back Serial No. 388,453. (No model.)

of the hair, while some of the hair is held firmly between the two jaws.The hair that is outside of the jaws is then twisted or coiled from thebottom upward, the twisting orcoiling being on the jaw A as a guide andholder, so that a well-defined right line is produced,

extending vertically on the back of the head,

as at G, Fig. 4. The hair at the top of the line may now be furtherdressed in any desired style, and as the jaw Ais within the hair as apin and the jaw B is on the outside the device may be readily removed byraising the same or withdrawing it upwardly from the hair, the line G,however, being preserved.

In practice the entire device is formed of a continuous piece of wire.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hair-dressing device consisting of two jaws, one of which is wideror broader than the other, and spring-pressed handles connecting thesame, said jaws being curved, as

set forth, and adapted to retain some of the hair between the same andprovide a guide on which the portion of the hair outside of the jaws maybe coiled, substantially as described.

2. A hair-dressing device comprising jaw B, formed of separated piecesconnected by crossbars, the jaw A, of single construction and seated onsaid bars, and the spring-actuated handles 0, connecting said jaws A B,said jaws being concaved or curved, the parts be ing combinedsubstantially as described.

3. A hair-dressing device comprising curved jaws and the spring-actuatedhandles connecting the same, one of the jaws having side pieces whichare connected by cross-bars, and

the other jaw being normally seated on said cross-bars, substantially asdescribed.

4:. A hair-dressing device consisting of two curved jaws havingoutwardly-bent handles, a spring connecting said handles, one of saidjaws being formed of separated pieces having connecting cross-bars, theother jaw being normally at the center of said separated pieces andbearing against said cross-bars, jaw bearing against said cross-bars,said bars said aws being enrved,as set forth, said parts being curved,as set forth, said parts being 10 being combined substantially asdescribed. combined substantially as descrlbed.

5. Ahair-dressin deviceconsistin of 'aws 5 having handles con nected bya sprir i g, o le of JOSEPH SOOSHNY' said jaws being formed of separatedpieces Witnesses: having at top and bottom connecting cross J OHN A.WIEDERSHEIM, bars curved in a rearward direoti0n,the other A. P.JENNINGS.

